News of the day From Across the Globe, July 6

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1 Trapped miners: Honduran officials said Saturday they are losing hope that any of eight still-trapped workers survived the collapse of small gold mine. "We hope for a miracle. And only a miracle would let us rescue them alive," said Moises Alvarado, chief of the country's emergency commission. Eleven workers were able to flee after Wednesday's collapse, and three others were rescued Friday. The unregulated mine is in the mountainous municipality of El Corpus, about 60 miles south of Tegucigalpa.

2Earthquake: A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Saturday off the coast of western Indonesia, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 55 miles southeast of Sinabang, a town on the east coast of Simeulue Island, which lies off the west coast of Sumatra.

3 Trucks torched: Attackers set fire to hundreds of fuel tanker trucks in a parking lot on the outskirts of the Afghan capital of Kabul, witnesses said Saturday, prompting angry drivers to block a major highway to demand reimbursement for their losses. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the militants were targeting fuel tankers belonging to NATO forces. Police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai said about 400 trucks caught fire late Friday and continued to burn Saturday.

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4 Somalia violence: Four people were killed Saturday when a car laden with explosives blew up near the parliament building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, police said. The Somali terror group al-Shabab, which has recently attacked parliamentarians, claimed responsibility. The car exploded at a checkpoint, killing soldiers and residents of a refugee camp near the checkpoint, police said.

5 Nurses released: Dozens of Indian nurses who had been stranded in Iraqi territory held by Islamic extremists were greeted with hugs and flowers Saturday as they returned home to southern India. The 46 women had been holed up for more than a week in Tikrit, where fighters of the Islamic State group have taken over. The Indian government organized a plane to fly the nurses to Kochi. It remained unclear whether the nurses had been held by the militants or were just stranded in their territory.